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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lovejoy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lovejoy and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Lovejoy:
- 40.707287, -78.958087
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lovejoy
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Indiana County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indiana County
- Since Lovejoy is near Cambria County and also Clearfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cambria County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Lovejoy
Communities Also Named Lovejoy ...
We found seven communities that are also named Lovejoy.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Lovejoy is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Plumas County
- This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Lovejoy [Plumas County].
- Georgia
- Clayton County
- This Lovejoy is located in Clayton County and lies 581 miles [935 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Lovejoy that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Lovejoy.
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lovejoy [Saint Clair County].
- Kansas
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lovejoy [Clay County].
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- This Lovejoy is located in Cape Girardeau County and lies 606 miles [975.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Lovejoy that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape Girardeau County community of Lovejoy.
- North Carolina
- Montgomery County
- This Lovejoy is located in Montgomery County and lies 368 miles [592.2 km]<2> to the south of the Lovejoy that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Lovejoy.
- Tennessee
- Overton County
- This Lovejoy is located in Overton County and lies 458 miles [737.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Lovejoy that is located in Indiana County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Overton County community of Lovejoy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lovejoy ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Buck Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Commodore
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cookport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Deckers Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Deckers Point is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckers Point
- Diamondville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Diamondville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamondville
- Dicksonville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dicksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonville
- Learn Settlement
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Learn Settlement is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Learn Settlement
- Purchase Line
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Rembrant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rembrant is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rembrant
- Starford
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Starford is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starford
How Far From Lovejoy to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lovejoy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lovejoy and extending to:
- Indiana, which is the Seat of Indiana County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lovejoy to Indiana, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 161 miles [259.1 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,900 miles [9,495.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,492 miles [7,229.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lovejoy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lovejoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Lovejoy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Lovejoy to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lovejoy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7073, Longitude: -78.9581 In this case, the coordinates for Lovejoy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.933 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.902 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.857 degrees. |
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